cabbage tree

Legumes – Fabaceae (Leguminosae).

Pharmacy name: chrysarobin isolated from resin – Chrysarobinum.

Botanical description. A tree reaching a height of 20-30 m, with a thick (up to 2.5 m in diameter) trunk, in the inner part of which there are cavities filled with resin. The flowers are typical of legumes. Grows in the forests of Brazil.

Active ingredients: a mixture of free anthrone and anthraquinone, bitterness, resin, ararobinols.

Application. Chrysarobin is a skin cleanser; it is now used in the form of solutions and ointments for skin diseases (for example, for psoriasis).

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Legumes – Fabaceae (Leguminosae).

Pharmacy name: chrysarobin isolated from resin – Chrysarobinum.

Botanical description. A tree reaching a height of 20-30 m, with a thick (up to 2.5 m in diameter) trunk, in the inner part of which there are cavities filled with resin. The flowers are typical of legumes. Grows in the forests of Brazil.

Active ingredients: a mixture of free anthrone and anthraquinone, bitterness, resin, ararobinols.

Application. Chrysarobin is a skin cleanser; it is now used in the form of solutions and ointments for skin diseases (for example, for psoriasis).